Abstract: A dispenser includes a cradle (2) including generally upright sidewalls (4, 6), a handle (40) having a top and a bottom, and a plurality of sheets (30) releasably attached to the bottom of the handle (40), such that the plurality of sheets (30) faces the cradle (2). The cradle (2) can house a reservoir (14) containing a liquid product. The handle (40) is positioned by the upright sidewalls (4, 6) of the cradle (2) and is supported by the cradle (2). The liquid product can be dispensed from the reservoir (14) onto the surface of the outermost sheet (50) of the plurality of sheets (30). That sheet (50) then can be used to apply the liquid product to a surface, and can be removed and discarded after use, revealing a fresh sheet.

Abstract: A disposable cutting sheet for cutting and preparation of food items thereon comprises a first cut-resistant layer having a first surface area and including a cellulosic ply and a thermoplastic material ply, wherein the thermoplastic material ply of the first layer includes a plurality of apertures therethrough. The cutting sheet further includes a second layer having a second surface area and including a cellulosic ply and a thermoplastic material ply. The cellulosic ply of the first layer is disposed on and secured to the cellulosic ply of the second layer such that portions of the thermoplastic and cellulosic plies of the second layer extend beyond the surface area of the first layer to form a border completely surrounding the first layer.

Abstract: A thermoplastic bakeware article (i.e., an article formed to hold, contain or support food, while being heated in a microwave, conventional oven, convection oven, or the like) that is food-grade and resistant to dripping, stringing, and melting at high temperatures. The article has a composition comprising a partially crystalline polyester resin and a phenoxy resin. The composition is formulated so as to allow cross-linking between the polyester resin and the phenoxy resin at temperatures above about 400° F.

Abstract: A slip resistant substrate for a processing substrate includes a polymeric material ply located opposite a cut-resistant layer of the processing substrate. The slip resistant substrate reduces or eliminates slippage of the processing substrate during use thereof and may be either secured to or separate from the processing substrate.

Abstract: A thermoplastic bakeware article (i.e., an article formed to hold, contain or support food, while being heated in a microwave, conventional oven, convection oven, or the like) that is food-grade and resistant to dripping, stringing, and melting at high temperatures. The article has a composition comprising a partially crystalline polyester resin and a phenoxy resin. The composition is formulated so as to allow cross-linking between the polyester resin and the phenoxy resin at temperatures above about 400° F.

Abstract: A flexible pressure-sensitive food grade wrap film, and a process for manufacturing the film. The film includes a substrate overcoated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive, a release overprinted on the adhesive that prevents the adhesive from clinging to the surface of an article or to itself without applying pressure, and, optionally, a release coating on the opposite side of the substrate. Once pressure is applied to the film, the film flexibility allows the adhesive to contact the surface of the article or itself and subsequently adhere to hold the film in place or to form a sealed pouch around an article. The pressure-activated contact and adhesion to an article or to itself are designed to form a tight, spill-resistant physical bond that seals liquid or solid contents in a container, or forms a sealed pouch around a solid article.

Abstract: A processing substrate comprises a first material having a liquid-permeable surface, a second material disposed adjacent to the first material and having a liquid-absorbent portion and a third material disposed adjacent the second material and having a liquid-impermeable surface.

Abstract: A flexible pressure-sensitive food grade wrap film, and a process for manufacturing the film. The film includes a substrate overcoated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive, a release overprinted on the adhesive that prevents the adhesive from clinging to the surface of an article or to itself without applying pressure, and, optionally, a release coating on the opposite side of the substrate. Once pressure is applied to the film, the film flexibility allows the adhesive to contact the surface of the article or itself and subsequently adhere to hold the film in place or to form a sealed pouch around an article. The pressure-activated contact and adhesion to an article or to itself are designed to form a tight, spill-resistant physical bond that seals liquid or solid contents in a container, or forms a sealed pouch around a solid article.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of an apparatus and method for separating component gases in a gas mixture employing a glassy polymer membrane at temperatures at or slightly above the freezing point of any liquid present so as to achieve superior separator of gas components. The composition of certain monomers and polymers are claimed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of and apparatus for separating component gases in a gas mixture employing a glassy polymer membrane at temperatures of 5.degree. C. or less so as to achieve superior separation of gas components.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of and apparatus for separating component gases in a gas mixture employing a glassy polymer membrane at temperatures of 5.degree. C. or less so as to achieve superior separation of gas components.

Abstract: A multilayered structural article having improved resistance to delamination and having a reduced coefficient of linear thermal expansion (CLTE) relative to that of the thermoplastic resin(s) employed in its preparation comprises a core layer of a highly filled composite paper having outer layers of thermoplastic resin adhered thereto.

Abstract: A multilayered structural article having improved resistance to delamination and having a reduced coefficient of linear thermal expansion (CLTE) relative to that of the thermoplastic resin(s) employed in its preparation comprises a core layer of a highly filled composite paper having outer layers of thermoplastic resin adhered thereto.

Abstract: A three layer structural sheet material having improved resistance to delamination comprising a core layer of a composite paper having outer surface layers of thermoplastic resin adhered to both major surfaces thereof.

Abstract: An improved hollow fiber membrane device is obtained using an inner wrap extending no farther than 25 percent of the diameter of the hollow fiber bundle from the central, longitudinal axis of said bundle. The fibers within the inner wrap are not necessarily hollow. Optionally, an elastic outer wrap is also employed about the bundle.

Abstract: Non-woven fabrics are prepared from synthetic fibers by impregnating the fibers with a liquid binder system containing a polymer of from 35 to 60 weight percent of a hard monomer, 0 to 45 weight percent of butadiene or isoprene, 10 to 50 weight percent of an acrylate having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms in the ester portion and 1 to 5 weight percent of an ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid.

Abstract: Compositions comprising asbestos fibers and blends of at least two latexes wherein the solids in the blended latexes comprise (A) from 5 to 40 parts by weight of a carboxylated copolymer comprising 10 to 25 parts by weight of methacrylic acid and correspondingly 90 to 75 parts by weight of at least one unsaturated carboxylic acid ester of the formula CH.sub.2 .dbd.C(R.sub.2)COOR.sub.1, wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms and R.sub.2 is hydrogen or methyl and (B) 95 to 60 parts by weight of at least one synthetic rubber. The binder composition employed in this invention provides asbestos sheets having utility in flooring felts and gasket materials having relatively little change in elongation at room temperature, at 350.degree. F. and after soaking in dioctylphthalate.

Abstract: A sheet which is a composite of (A) from about 1 percent to about 30 percent of a water-dispersible fiber such as wood fiber, (B) from about 2 percent to about 30 percent of a film-forming, water-insoluble, organic polymer such as a copolymer of styrene and butadiene and (C) from about 60 percent to about 95 percent of a finely-divided, substantially water-insoluble, non-fibrous, inorganic filler such as magnesium hydroxide is prepared by steps comprising:(I) providing an aqueous dispersion of the fiber;(II) mixing therewith (A) the inorganic filler and (B) the organic polymer in the form of an ionically stabilized latex;(III) colloidally destabilizing the resulting mixture to form a fibrous agglomerate in aqueous suspension;(IV) distributing and draining the aqueous dispersion on a porous substrate such as a wire to form a wet web; and(V) drying the web.

Abstract: Water-insoluble polythiaformals having substantial antioxidant activity are produced by the liquid phase reaction of primary thiadiols with formaldehyde and mono-alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst.

Abstract: Water-insoluble compositions are produced by the liquid phase reaction of primary thiadiols with formaldehyde and a monothiol in the presence of a protonic acid catalyst. These compositions have utility as plasticizers.